What you earn for each post depends, of course, on the number of followers and YouTube subscribers. However, if you continuously expand your number of followers, you have a good chance of earning some extra income sooner or later.
Five of the world’s most popular YouTube channels:
| Subscribers | Video Views | Start Year | Country | Monthly Earnings |
PewDiePie | ~ 44 million | ~ 12 billion | 2010 | Sweden | $ 67,000 – 1.15m |
HolaSoyGerman. | ~ 27.5 million | ~ 2.5 billion | 2011 | Chile | $ 110,700 – 186,400 |
Smosh | ~ 22 million | ~ 5.5 billion | 2005 | USA | $ 20,500 – 310,300 |
RihannaVEVO | ~ 21 million | ~ 9 billion | 2009 | USA | $ 70,300 – 1.05m |
OneDirectionVEVO | ~ 20 million | ~ 6 billion | 2010 | United Kingdom | $ 36,500 – 490,200 |
Boyband One Direction and singer Rihanna command two of the world’s most popular YouTube channels. They are closely followed by other musicians like Justin Bieber, Eminem, Taylor Swift, and Katy Perry.
The comedy duo Smosh started out in 2005 with the synchronization of well-known theme music, and now have a second channel as well as specific cartoon and gaming channels on YouTube.
Chilean YouTuber HolaSoyGerman makes light of everyday problems in over 100 video uploads, though the vast majority are not in English.
Felix Kjellberg, better known as simply PewDiePie on YouTube, has the most subscribers in the world. He has published thousands of videos since setting up a channel in 2010. Most of these are videos known as Let’s Plays (LP), in which the YouTuber plays and comments on a video game.